novelhk Chapter 588 Sacrifice to Heaven
Chapter 588 Sacrifice to Heaven
Before Zhou Chang left the Spring Banquet that day, he did not forget the "old rules" every time he entered the palace.
He took the skinny monkey with him and intercepted two batches of snacks and dishes provided by the imperial kitchen. Then he went to the banquet with the skinny monkey to search for food. The two of them left the palace with their bags full of satisfaction.
Yuan Yun really disliked this behavior, but she couldn't show any anger because she was still in the Forbidden Palace and her father and mother were there to stop her.
He could only follow Zhou Chang back in shame, and even after getting on the carriage, he still looked angry.
There is no harm without comparison.
Zhou Chang couldn't help but think of Yuan Qi again.
In terms of wealth and status, these two women are actually not bad, but Yuan Qi has never raised any objection to her behavior, and has never even shown any contempt on his face. On the other hand, Yuan Yun just looks down on them in every way. If it weren't for his inability to intervene and his parents' dissuasion, he would have turned around and left long ago.
Whether Yuan Yun opposed it or looked down on her, Zhou Chang didn't care at all.
But what if Yuan Qi looked down on Prince Yi?
After much thought, Zhou Chang finally concluded that Yuan Qi would not look down on Prince Yi, so he didn't have to worry about it.
Since he had no worries, after returning to the palace, he "took" all the plates and bowls in the palace to the other plane.
Shouhou was used to this, but Yuan Yun couldn't help but wanted to speak several times, but failed.
"Congratulations, you have received a total commission of twenty-two thousand taels." The viewpoint system reported the number and displayed it.
[Level: Upper Nine-Three]
【Commission: -3,800,900 taels】
【Order: 102】
This time Zhou Chang did not scan the information in front of him immediately, but stared at the bottom line: "Why hasn't the plane customer canceled the order yet? Aren't these more than 100 people Yuan Yun's dowry? They really treat them indiscriminately..."
I really couldn't help but laugh at it.
When Prince Yi and Yuan Qi got married, customers from the plane had placed orders for a lot of ornaments for the bridal chamber.
Eventually Prince Yi and Yuan Qi separated, and those ornaments really fulfilled the wishes of these people and were taken to the other plane by Zhou Chang, in order to "out of sight, out of mind".
Later, Prince Yi married Yuan Yun, and clients placed more than a hundred orders.
So now, these orders are still hanging in the system, will they also become some kind of "foreshadowing"?
When she thought about the cold stares she received from Yuan Yun on the way back, although she glared back at him unwillingly, Zhou Chang still felt "uneasy".
The viewpoint system has never been "impressed" by Zhou Chang's sarcasm, and did not respond at all, but only reminded again: "As the 'loan' period is extended, the interest and late payment fees will increase exponentially."
Zhou Chang was speechless.
In the following period of time, the war between Lin Kingdom and Shen Kingdom started again.
The battle lasted from spring to autumn, more than half a year, and had become a stalemate.
During this period, Zhou Chang's secret investigation into the kidnappers and King Xian's intention to rebel made no progress.
With no progress at all, the only option was to go back to the old business and start selling goods through live streaming.
After all, in the end, when things are really bad, she still has to rely on this "plug-in" to turn things around.
Therefore, the war in the north lasted for more than half a year, and Zhou Chang concentrated on "live streaming and selling goods in the dimension" for more than half a year, but unfortunately the results were very limited.
"Are you trying to trick me?" Zhou Chang shouted into the void, with the latest system information displayed in front of him.
[Level: Upper Nine-Three]
【Commission: -3,690,300 taels】
【Order: 102】
The viewpoint system is silent.
"How is it possible that you only earned 110,000 after working so hard for so long? The one time you stole a lot from the palace some time ago was quite a lot." Zhou Chang didn't care whether anyone answered her or not. Anyway, she was the only one in the study room now, and no one would think she was crazy.
The viewpoint system finally corrected: "It is calculated from March onwards. The total commission for the past six months is 116,000 taels, and the interest will be automatically deducted."
"Fuck your interest, I don't want to play anymore." Zhou Chang was too frustrated. He thought that after concentrating for another half year and bringing in goods once, there should be some big progress.
As a result, the number of more than three million and nearly four million remains unshakable.
Just as he was going crazy alone, he heard the footsteps of the skinny monkey outside: "Prince, Prince..."
"Why are you in such a hurry? Are you calling for the soul?" Zhou Chang was so angry that he had no place to vent it.
The thin monkey walked into the study room, not caring about Zhou Chang's mood at all, and reported directly: "My Lord, the palace has issued an order to offer sacrifices to the heaven on the tenth day of the tenth month, and all princes must attend."
"Sacrifice to heaven? What's it for?" Zhou Chang was not interested in these "crappy things" now.
The thin monkey didn't care either: "What else could it be? It must be for the war situation ahead. Just now, I asked the messenger and he said that according to the calculations of the Tianjian Division, the tenth day of the tenth month was chosen to hold a ceremony to offer sacrifices to the heavens and pray for blessings, hoping that the heavens would help us to defeat the Shen Kingdom and strive to win the victory before the New Year."
"That must be a dream. What time is it now?" Zhou Chang didn't believe it at all.
The skinny monkey also didn't believe it: "That's right, today is the first day of October, and there are less than three months left until the end of the year."
"Yeah, how come time passes so fast?" Zhou Chang also sighed.
If time didn’t pass so quickly, there would be no need to worry about “interest” and “late payment fees”.
But no matter what, Prince Yi still has to fulfill his obligations.
In a blink of an eye, another nine days passed. Zhou Chang dressed neatly and took Skinny Monkey to the Temple of Heaven to participate in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky.
The Tianjiansi actually chose a nice autumn day.
Emperor Lin Fengxun personally led his ministers to perform the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.
However, as he had been overly worried about the war in the north recently and his health was strained, he could only barely hold out for most of the ceremony. After singing and pouring wine, he hurried back to the warm room in the imperial study to rest.
The following ceremony was presided over by Prince Rong.
The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heaven was too lengthy, mainly because the neighboring country had been at war for years, followed by floods and plagues. The situation had just improved in the past two years, but the Mirage State attacked again. When King Xian left, he did not bring much food and grass, and the empty treasury was the norm this year.
When Prince Duan was demoted, Emperor Lindi did not announce too many details to save face, but he was privately worried. After a new minister was appointed in the Ministry of Works, he discovered many places where shoddy work and inferior materials were used. Emperor Lindi then made great efforts to rebuild the imperial mausoleum, and the national treasury was emptied again.
It can be said that the entire ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven requires praying too much to God.
The entire ceremony was filled with an atmosphere of worry throughout the court.
Only Zhou Chang yawned repeatedly, staring at the freshly slaughtered pigs, cows, and sheep on the altar the whole time...
The habit of “selling goods through live streaming” has not been reversed for the time being, and it is such a waste to leave all those sacrifices there.
"What are you thinking about, ninth brother? Are you thinking about the three animals above?" Prince Rong had finished presiding over the ceremony and walked down the stage without him noticing.
Zhou Chang then realized that this was the final ceremony, and stood up: "Is the burnt offering also going to end?"